- present participle of delineate.
delineating
Example Sentences
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He and the large L.A.-based produce company have dueling legal complaints over a contract delineating how the fruit was to be marketed and sold.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026
The related documents have provided the biggest tranche of information about the case thus far, delineating key details in the ongoing investigation, which has been shrouded in secrecy.
From BBC ● Feb. 26, 2026
Katie Smye, a researcher at the Bureau of Economic Geology, said there are areas of the Permian where injecting wastewater can be done safely and the industry must put more work into delineating these zones.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025
The accents are depthless, burnished black: black railings enclosing white porches, black drainpipes crawling down white walls, black trim delineating white window frames.
From Slate ● Mar. 6, 2025
I draw them, delineating the structures with different colored pencils, though I can never get the same luminous brillance.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
